title: Automation of laboratory data for hospital patients.
abstract: Computer schemes for a large automated serology service and for tissue typing and organ transplantation which are in operation in Birmingham, England, are described. Each scheme is self-contained and compact, and has been in successful operation for several years.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001331:Automation; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007753:Laboratories; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D010361:Patients; D011247:Pregnancy; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006680:HLA Antigens; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System